Zen Koans Explained: "The Most Valuable Thing in the World"

Hamilton Nolan · 10/24/14 04:01PM

"Walk the walk," we are often told by shallow thinkers. They presume this to be a metaphor for sincerity. They forget the footless. They neglect the legless. The rebuke the bottomless. The topless? "You can stay," says the horny fool, shallowly.

David Gregory Now Follows "Redbone Booty" on Twitter (NSFW)

Jordan Sargent · 10/24/14 03:00PM

David Gregory, according to his bio, is a husband, a father and a journalist. He is also a man. A man who recently followed @sexc_body23—aka Redbone Booty—on Twitter. "I love Girls Booty!" says Redbone Booty, and so does David Gregory.

The Way We Used to Quarantine in New York

Michelle Dean · 10/24/14 02:30PM

So far, because there are only three of them, it's easy to feel reassured that those potentially and actually infected with Ebola in New York are in safe quarantine. Bellevue insists it had a biohazard protocol all ready and waiting; there is nothing to worry about.

Anthony Weiner Still Doesn't Understand How to Use Twitter

Jordan Sargent · 10/24/14 11:53AM

It's been three years (only!) since Anthony Weiner's political career went limp because he sent photos of his dick to random women via social media, and yet he has still not learned how to use Twitter.

Annie Lennox Whitewashes Explanation of "Strange Fruit"

Rich Juzwiak · 10/24/14 11:08AM

Annie Lennox, who recently boiled down what Beyoncé does to "twerking" to dismiss Bey's feminism, was less specific though still not quite...right when when Tavis Smiley asked her about covering "Strange Fruit" on her new album Nostalgia. Popularized by Billie Holiday in 1939, "Strange Fruit" is a song about racism that vividly describes a scene after a lynching (the strange fruit is the black man hanging from it). Annie Lennox did not mention lynching in her description of the song to Smiley:

Both U.S. Nurses Infected With Ebola Now Virus-Free

Taylor Berman · 10/24/14 10:53AM

As Ebola panic spreads in New York City, here's some good news: The two Dallas nurses who contracted the virus earlier this month are now free of the deadly disease. This morning, health officials in Maryland announced that Nina Pham, the first nurse diagnosed, has tested negative for Ebola. The announcement comes less than two days after the family of Amber Vinson—who first tested positive for the virus last week—said she had been declared virus-free.